Biological Sciences Research Highlights

November 2017

Three PNNL scientists named to EPA board

Charlette Geffen

Three EBSD scientists
have been appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency's Board of Scientific Counselors, which
advises EPA on a variety of important environmental issues. Their membership on
the board gives PNNL a major role in shaping the nation's approach to research
about climate, national security, chemical safety, toxicology, and energy.

Justin Teeguarden

The three scientists are:

Charlette
Geffen, EBSD director of research strategy, who will serve as chair of the air,
climate and energy subcommittee;

Justin
Teeguarden, chief scientist for exposure science, who will serve on the board's
homeland security subcommittee,

Katrina
Waters, director of the Biological Sciences Division, who will serve as chair
of the chemical safety for sustainability subcommittee.

Katrina Waters

PNNL's
representation
on the board is consistent with the laboratory's strengths in climate and environmental
research, exposure science, computation, and national security. Geffen,
Teeguarden and Waters are known and respected worldwide for their own research
in these areas. They will review research and provide analysis for EPA
officials of the agency's research programs.